Rule #13 Celebrate Your Differences
(2025)(Book 13 in the Rules For Dating A Single Dad series)
A Story by Ava Merrion
A dedicated girl-dad. A teenage daughter who wants to be a girlie-girl softball player. A single career woman who’s open to dating if her prince charming would finally show up!
When single dad Eric Flanagan storms into Shay’s art gallery with an outrageous request, he never expects her to throw him out on his ear. His fourteen-year-old softball star has suddenly discovered painting and makeup, threatening everything he's worked toward for her college scholarship dreams.
Shay has been patiently waiting for Mr. Right in her home town of Cypress Dunes, Georgia. Eric represents everything she doesn't want. Despite his infuriating demands, Eric isn't just another narrow-minded parent—he's a devastatingly attractive widower who's been carrying the weight of single parenthood and running a successful business for ten years.
Between explosive arguments at softball games and tender moments during art lessons, their initial animosity starts melting into something dangerously close to attraction. As Shay gets a taste of the family life she's always dreamed of, she wonders if this impossible man might just be her happily ever after.
But Eric must let go of his need to control every aspect of his daughter's future and take a chance on the free-spirited woman who sees beauty where he sees his daughter in her softball uniform. Shay will have to be the one to bring these three who belong together to the same place if they’re ever going to become the official family they’re meant to be.
Genre: Romance
When single dad Eric Flanagan storms into Shay’s art gallery with an outrageous request, he never expects her to throw him out on his ear. His fourteen-year-old softball star has suddenly discovered painting and makeup, threatening everything he's worked toward for her college scholarship dreams.
Shay has been patiently waiting for Mr. Right in her home town of Cypress Dunes, Georgia. Eric represents everything she doesn't want. Despite his infuriating demands, Eric isn't just another narrow-minded parent—he's a devastatingly attractive widower who's been carrying the weight of single parenthood and running a successful business for ten years.
Between explosive arguments at softball games and tender moments during art lessons, their initial animosity starts melting into something dangerously close to attraction. As Shay gets a taste of the family life she's always dreamed of, she wonders if this impossible man might just be her happily ever after.
But Eric must let go of his need to control every aspect of his daughter's future and take a chance on the free-spirited woman who sees beauty where he sees his daughter in her softball uniform. Shay will have to be the one to bring these three who belong together to the same place if they’re ever going to become the official family they’re meant to be.
Genre: Romance
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